Knowledge 11: Fighting for a Cause

Civil rights: Are civil rights those rights promised by the government to all people, such as the right to vote?

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Discrimination: Before the civil rights movement, was discrimination against certain groups of people common?

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL. 6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

Nonviolence: Are fighting and breaking windows examples of nonviolence?

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

Suffrage: Is suffrage when you have to eat something you don’t like?

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

First Lady: Is the First Lady the wife of the president?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Human rights: Are human rights those that belong to all people, even if they aren’t promised by the government, such as the right to food, shelter, an education, and a job?

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Boycott: Is a boycott when you refuse to go to a business as a sign of protest?

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CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.1.7

CCSS.RI.1.6

Segregation: Is segregation when everyone is allowed to be a part of something?

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Sit-ins: Were sit-ins peaceful protests because they involved people occupying, or sitting, at a place to show everyone they were upset about some unfair treatment?

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Migrant workers: Did migrant workers tend to stay in the same town from season to season?

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